Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Ma'mun, AH 193-218 / AD 809-833. Dirham (Silver, 25 mm, 2.57 g, 9 h), citing Dhu'l Riyasatayn (holder of the two ministries) al-Fadl, the vizier of the caliph al-Ma'mun, Samarqand, AH 201 = AD 816/7. al-Mashriq ('The East' in Kufic) on the obverse. SICA III, -. Heavily corroded, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the Tabib Collection, formed over the past 40 years.